diff --git a/build.sbt b/build.sbt
index 2f9bf82..2b507e0 100644
--- a/build.sbt
+++ b/build.sbt
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ scalastyleConfig := baseDirectory.value / "project" / "scalastyle-config.xml"
 // Pinning secure versions of insecure transitive libraryDependencies
 // Please update when updating dependencies above (including Play plugin)
 libraryDependencies ++= Seq(
-  "com.fasterxml.jackson.core" % "jackson-databind" % "2.9.7"
+  "com.fasterxml.jackson.core" % "jackson-databind" % "2.9.9"
 )
 
 trapExit := false